CVE-2022-23449

Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-04-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-427

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC Energy Manager Basic (All versions < V7.3 Update 1), SIMATIC Energy Manager PRO (All versions < V7.3 Update 1). A DLL Hijacking vulnerability could allow a local attacker to execute code with elevated privileges by placing a malicious DLL in one of the directories on the DLL search path.

Affected products

Siemens SIMATIC Energy Manager Basic: before 7.3; 7.3 — fixed in 7.3
Siemens SIMATIC Energy Manager PRO: before 7.3; 7.3 — fixed in 7.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Siemens SIMATIC Energy Manager Basic 7.3; Siemens SIMATIC Energy Manager PRO 7.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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